Saint-Télesphore, Quebec

Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the 2016 Canadian census was 759. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe and east of the provincial border near North Lancaster, Ontario.

Saint-Télesphore
Municipality
Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM
Saint-Télesphore
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°18′N 74°23′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
RCMVaudreuil-Soulanges
Constituted19 April 1877
Government
[2][3]
 • MayorDavid Watson McKay
 • Federal ridingSalaberry—Suroît
 • Prov. ridingSoulanges
Area
[2][4]
 • Total60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
 • Land60.33 km2 (23.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total759
 • Density12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 0.4%
 • Dwellings
345
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0P 1Y0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways Route 325
Route 340
Websitesaint-telesphore.com

The municipality is named for Pope Telesphorus, who reigned from 126 to 138 AD.[1] In addition to the village of Saint-Télesphore itself, the municipality also includes the community of Dalhousie or Dalhousie Station along the Canadian Pacific railway.

History

Settlement began around 1800 with the arrival of Scottish, Irish, and English immigrants. At that time, the place was called Rivière-Delisle, Lac-Saint-François, or Rivière-au-Beaudet.[1]

In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Télesphore was created, named after the parish that was formed one year earlier. In 1879, its post office opened.[1]

On August 7, 2010, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a (regular) municipality.[1]

Demographics
Canada census – Saint-Télesphore, Quebec community profile
20162011
Population759 (-0.4% from 2011)762 (-0.9% from 2006)
Land area60.33 km2 (23.29 sq mi)60.42 km2 (23.33 sq mi)
Population density12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)12.6/km2 (33/sq mi)
Median age40.9 (M: 40.3, F: 41.8)43.1 (M: 43.5, F: 42.3)
Total private dwellings345361
Median household income$54,592$47,601
References: 2016[5] 2011[6] earlier[7][8]
Historical Census Data - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1976 792—    
1981 806+1.8%
1986 777−3.6%
1991 772−0.6%
1996 805+4.3%
YearPop.±%
2001 773−4.0%
2006 769−0.5%
2011 762−0.9%
2016 759−0.4%
Source: Statistics Canada[9]

Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Télesphore, Quebec[9]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
765
 655 4.0% 85.62% 80 33.3% 10.46% 20 n/a% 2.61% 10 33.3% 1.31%
2006
765
 630 4.5% 82.35% 120 14.3% 15.69% 0 100.0% 0.00% 15 n/a% 1.96%
2001
775
 660 9.6% 85.16% 105 23.5% 13.55% 10 n/a% 1.29% 0 0.0% 0.00%
1996
815
 730 n/a 89.57% 85 n/a 10.43% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

Local government
Town Hall

List of former mayors:[10]

  • Camille Gourgon (1878–1883)
  • Jean Baptiste Campeau (1883–1884, 1885–1886)
  • Athanase Daou (1884–1885, 1886–1889)
  • Joseph Pilon (1889–1893, 1897–1899, 1902–1905)
  • Louis Charlebois (1893–1897)
  • Joseph Antoine Moyse Leroux (1899–1902, 1917-1919)
  • Joseph Moyse Beauchamp (1905–1909)
  • François Xavier Cuillierier (1909–1913)
  • Louis Sauvé (1913–1914)
  • Zotique Dicaire (1914–1917)
  • Joseph Alfred Théodule Pilon (1919–1923)
  • Joseph Arthur Hyacinthe St. Denis (1923–1927)
  • Joseph Alfred Louis Charlebois (1927–1939)
  • Joseph Samuel Evariste Braseau (1939–1953)
  • Joseph Arcade Napoléon Bruno St-Denis (1953–1959)
  • Joseph-Elzéar-Rosario-Richard Gaston Pilon (1959–1963)
  • Joseph Jean-Baptiste Rémi Sauvé (1963–1981, 1987–1999)
  • Joseph Marcel Eléonore Descent (1981–1983)
  • Robert Bourgon (1983–1987, 1999–2003)
  • Joseph Albert Patrice Claude Cyr (2003–2009)
  • Yvon Bériault (2009–2021)
  • David Watson McKay (2021–present)

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools.[11]

  • École du Val-des-Prés Immaculée-Conception

Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.[12]

  • Soulanges Elementary School in Saint-Télesphore or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

See also

References
  1. Reference number 57684 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Télesphore
  3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
  4. "(Code 2471015) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  9. 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  10. "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Saint-Télesphore (municipalité) 19.4.1877 - ..." www.mairesduquebec.com. Institut généalogique Drouin. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  11. "Les écoles et les centres". Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. "School Board Map." Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017.

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